[ba-ohs-talk] Bootstrap and Licensing
It is past time for me to speak up about "Licensing" and IP in general. Here
are what seem to me to be relevant thoughts; if they do not provide adequate
answers, please quietly and instructively cue me in about what's needed for
you. (01)
My general attitude is that emergent capabilities of new and forthcoming
technologies, among other impacts upon our world, will enable us humans to
extend our ability to manipulate and portray symbols in remarkably novel ways.
Way beyond visual print symbols -- e.g. to include special "signal-codes"
presented to our eyes, ears, noses, taste buds, touch, movement, temperature,
skin-hair tugs, ... etc. Here, very complex combinations and sequencing offer
us new "symbols" and new "symbol structures" providing a huge increase beyond
current languages in meaningful communications and knowledge. (02)
For this "IP discussion," it is enough for me here to characterize the
continued evolution of the augmentation of our Collective IQ as relating
closely to the evolution of "natural languages." E.g., the form of English
which we are using in this forum. (03)
And, dipping lightly into the object-oriented vernacular, the software for
manipulating and portraying the symbol structures in our natural language need
to be as free and open in the evolution and use of their objects and methods as
are the vocabulary terms and syntactic rules of a natural language. (04)
Also to be considered are the huge number of evolutionary paths ahead of us,
and the challenge of facilitating the evolutionary processes to find us the
best paths and for us to become collectively smart enough in the ridiculously
short time of say the next decade or so to cope with all the other disruptive,
crippling threats caused by the associated, over-rapid, huge-scale, pervasive
changes. (05)
So, to my limited experience, it seems that GPL licensing would be best for
objects and methods representing the verbs, nouns, modifiers, etc. of the
Natural Language of our Augmented Future. (06)
The roads, bridges, traffic laws, intersection rules and controls, parking
facilities, etc. don't seem to be controlled by private enterprise and
free-market rules. (07)
So, I ask, how would each of the current licensing types encourage, curtail,
stifle, or etc. the evolution of an OHS and the "natural language of the
future?" (08)
***** (09)
And about the constraints on current interchanges: I'm definitely for removing
them, and we're getting lawyer help in untangling the holdover, initial
arrangements made with Stanford for the mutual BI-Stanford activities during
the 10-week Colloqium. (010)